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Rice Pudding with Cinnamon

This creamy rice pudding with cinnamon is the ultimate comfort dessert. Made with simple ingredients, it’s warm, cozy, and slightly sweet. Perfect served hot or cold, with or without raisins. A bowl of this feels like a hug in dessert form.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: comfort food, International
Calories: 280
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup short-grain white rice
  • 4 cups whole milk or almond/oat milk for vegan option
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon plus more for dusting
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup raisins optional

Method
 

Cook the rice
  1. Place rice in a saucepan with 2 cups of water. Cook over medium heat until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain extra water if needed.
Mix in milk and sugar
  1. Add the cooked rice back to the pan. Pour in milk, sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt. Stir well.
Simmer slowly
  1. Reduce heat to low. Let it cook gently, stirring often so it doesn’t stick. After about 20–25 minutes, it will become thick and creamy.
Add raisins (optional)
  1. If you’re using raisins, add them in during the last 10 minutes of simmering so they plump up.
Serve and enjoy
  1. Spoon into bowls. Dust with extra cinnamon on top. Serve warm or chill in the fridge before eating. Both ways taste amazing.

Notes

  • If pudding thickens too much after cooling, just stir in a splash of warm milk to loosen it.
  • Short-grain rice makes it creamier, but long-grain rice works too.
  • For a dairy-free version, coconut milk gives it a rich, tropical flavor.